When we’re
beating ourselves up, a tiny blunder is inflated into an epic typhoon of
failure. So the next time a negative thought intrudes, take a few deep
breaths and then “quickly narrow it down and put your problems into the
smallest box possible,” Chansky says. “If you think you screwed up in a
meeting, instead of saying, ‘I’m an idiot; I ruined my career,’ say,
‘Man, I used a poor choice of words.’ Visualizing that box can really
help.”
Seeing a tiny box in your mind shows the actual size of the problem and helps you feel more confident that you can take it on.
Answer:
Lol, I hope this isn't a thing that happened. But now I'm intrigued tell me how it turns out and I would love to hear the full story lol.
Explanation:
Dear (Uncle nickname),
Recently there was a problem with my school involving me/ that doesn't involve me and/but I was asked to pay an unreasonable amount of money. You know how clumsy/careless. (insert cute or funny childhood story he was apart of that will remind him of you being clumsy). I don't think I can pay the full amount as it is a scary amount of money. If you could help me out I would be eternally grateful.
Thank you,
(Insert your nickname given by said uncle)
The dog started barking so the cat ran away and I couldn't keep up, so I stopped.
Answer:
The one way mirror is a mirror for one and a window for the other side.
Explanation:
In <em>Through the looking glass</em> by the Washington Post, the author uses the one way mirror to describe the peculiar relation between the US and Canada.
For most Americans, i.e. United States citizens, Canada is an empty screen, for we either don´t know much of it or we are not interested. Or a mixture of both. Therefore the Americans are on the mirror side. We look at ourselves and can only imagine what is behind the mirror.
For the Canadians the mirror is a window that clearly shows how much the other side has influenced (economically, culturally) them. Of course the worldpower factor is decisive in the one way mirror comparison: The US, as the worldpower, cannot be bothered by taking neighbouring countries all too serious; Canada, on the other side, is submitted to play the small little brother that follows suit with everything big brother does.
